2020 Indiana Fever season

The 2020 Indiana Fever season will be the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season will tip off on July 25, 2020 versus the Washington Mystics.[1]

2020 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Marianne Stanley
Arena	Originally: Hinkle Fieldhouse Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	4–6 (.400)
Place	T–2nd (Eastern)
← 2019 season 2021 season →

During the off-season the Fever announced that head coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season. Chatman was replaced by Marianne Stanley. This will be Stanley's first head coaching job in the WNBA. She was previously an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, and New York Liberty.[2][3]

Also, it was announced that the Bankers Life Fieldhouse would undergo renovations, which would force the Fever to host home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 season.[4]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[5] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[7][8]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Fever will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Lauren Cox	United States	Baylor
2	14	Kathleen Doyle	United States	Iowa
3	28	Kamiah Smalls	United States	James Madison

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 13, 2020	Re-signed G Tiffany Mitchell[9]
February 13, 2020	Re-signed F Betnijah Laney[10]
February 19, 2020	Signed C Bernadett Határ[11]
March 2, 2020	Signed G Julie Allemand[12]
March 6, 2020	Traded G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft.[13]
April 22, 2020	Released G Paris Key[14]
	Released F Erica McCall[14]

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 11 Achonwa, Natalie 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 5 G 20 Allemand, Julie 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 07-07-1996 Belgium R G 8 Burke, Kennedy 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 02-14-1997 UCLA 1 F 12 Cox, Lauren 6' 4" (1.93m) 04-20-1998 Baylor R G 2 Doyle, Kathleen 5' 9" (1.75m) 06-11-1998 Iowa R F 4 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 09-16-1984 Temple 14 F Jenkins, Alisia 02-21-1994 South Florida R F 23 Mavunga, Stephanie 6' 3" (1.91m) 205 lb (93kg) 02-24-1995 Ohio State 2 C 15 McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 09-28-1996 Mississippi State 1 G 25 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1994 South Carolina 4 G 0 Mitchell, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 11-12-1995 Ohio State 2 G 35 Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-17-1994 Mississippi State 1 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 5	Head coach Marianne Stanley Assistant coaches Steve Smith April (McDivitt) Schilling Athletic trainer Garrett Hueber Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Patterson Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 4–6
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 Washington Mystics L 76–101 K. Mitchell (25) Achonwa (7) Tied (3) IMG Academy 0 0–1 2 July 29 Phoenix Mercury W 106–100 T. Mitchell (24) McCowan (13) K. Mitchell (5) IMG Academy 0 1–1 3 July 31 Dallas Wings L 73–76 Tied (11) Tied (8) Allemand (11) IMG Academy 0 1–2
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 2 Atlanta Dream W 93–77 K. Mitchell (23) Allemand (7) Allemand (9) IMG Academy 0 2–2 5 August 5 Los Angeles Sparks L 75–86 K. Mitchell (24) Dupree (7) T. Mitchell (5) IMG Academy 0 2–3 6 August 7 Minnesota Lynx L 80–87 Tied (15) McCowan (12) Allemand (6) IMG Academy 0 2–4 7 August 9 Washington Mystics W 91–84 K. Mitchell (29) McCowan (11) Allemand (5) IMG Academy 0 3–4 8 August 11 Las Vegas Aces L 79–98 Dupree (20) McCowan (8) Allemand (6) IMG Academy 0 3–5 9 August 13 New York Liberty W 86–79 T. Mitchell (19) McCowan (13) Allemand (5) IMG Academy 0 4–5 10 August 15 Los Angeles Sparks L 76–90 K. Mitchell (25) T. Mitchell (8) Tied (4) IMG Academy 0 4–6 11 August 18 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 12 August 20 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 22 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 25 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 27 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 29 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 1 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy 0 0–0 18 September 3 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 5 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 8 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 10 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 12 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	10	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2.5	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2.5	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	7	4	.636	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4	2–3
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5.5	3–1
8	Connecticut Sun	4	7	.364	6	2–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6.5	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8.5	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 16, 2020

Source

References

1. "2020 Indiana Fever Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
2. "Pokey Chatman Will Not Return As Head Coach & General Manager". WNBA.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
3. "Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
4. General, Robby (June 24, 2019). "Bankers Life Fieldhouse will gain outdoor plaza with skating, lose Fever for two seasons". Indy Star. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
5. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
6. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
7. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
8. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
9. "Tiffany Mitchell Returns to the Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
10. "Fever Re-Sign Betnijah Laney". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
11. "Fever Sign 6-10 Hungarian Center Bernadett Határ". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
12. "Indiana Fever sign Belgian guard Julie Allemand". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
13. "Fever Acquire Draft Picks in Trade with Minnesota". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
14. "Fever release Paris Kea and Erica McCall". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

External Links

• Official website of the Chicago Sky